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The Last Act

Roald Dahl

First published January 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Anna is feeling lonely and suicidal after the death of her husband. She calls up her old high school sweetheart. While it seems at first that he wants to rekindle romance with her, he actually wants to punish her for breaking up with him.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1966 Playboy, January 1966 MAGAZINE 83
October 1974 Cover Switch Bitch Alfred A. Knopf Collection 117
September 1975 Cover Switch Bitch Warner Books Collection 109
1978 Cover Switch Bitch Penguin Books Collection 81
September 1991 The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl Michael Joseph Omnibus 388
October 2006 Cover Collected Stories Alfred A. Knopf Collection 691